The Pros And Cons Of The Army Field Feeding System

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Introduction The Army serves food to a huge number of its soldiers on a daily basis. As a result, it is vital that the meals be carefully planned and prepared to make certain of good nutrition and variety. To do this, there is the Army Field Feeding System (AFFS). This refers to a system that is designed to in such a way as to perform continued tactical feeding with an aim to fulfill the commander’s needs. These needs are as “determined by the mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time, civilian considerations and the logistical support on the battle field and afloat.” Several challenges still exist with regard to the Army food services. After reviewing the new Field Feeding Company (FFC) structure, in my opinion …show more content…

None moreover than maintenance of all MTOE equipment will be number one. In the current formations, we still have this issue. Whether it be Containerized Kitchens (CK), Multi-Temperature Refrigerated System Container (MTRCS), Assault Kitchens (AKs), Modern Burner Units (MBUs) and/or Prime Movers (PMs), these pieces of equipment aren’t functioning properly because they are not being maintained. When units have to transfer equipment over to the FFC, they will not be giving up their best equipment available for this transaction, which will only lead to more extending a “ready” date for that unit to be fully operational. Another disadvantage to the FFCs would be that there will be a lot of stress put on the culinary professionals that serve in these organizations. No matter where you serve at currently in our Army, we are all super busy. Mission after mission, with little to no time to ensure that there is reset time for the personnel also. FFCs will own one and in some cases multiple dining facilities that will have to be sustained to support their local installation also. If there are echelons above brigade (EABs) units sending a command signal up, requiring 92G support that only complicates the ability to effectively manage the personnel piece of this equation. Either the garrison facilities will suffer, or the tactical mission, if they become too

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